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Police name person of interest in hunt for missing U-Va student Police name person of interest in hunt for missing U-Va. student Hannah Graham
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Police Saturday publicly identified a Charlottesville man as the person of interest in the case of the missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham. Police on Saturday publicly identified a Charlottesville man as the person of interest in the case of the missing University of Virginia student Hannah Graham.
Capt. Gary Pleasants said that police believe the man was the last person to see Graham before she disappeared early in the morning last Saturday. Police searched the man’s car Friday and found evidence inside that led investigators to pursue a second search warrant to enter his Charlottesville-area apartment. Capt. Gary Pleasants said that police believe the man was the last person to see Graham before she disappeared early in the morning Sept. 13. Police searched the man’s car Friday and found evidence that led investigators to pursue a second search warrant to enter his Charlottesville-area apartment. Police would not publicly elaborate on what that evidence was.
On Friday Detective James Mooney said that he had spoken to the man, who has not been named as a suspect and has not been formally questioned by police. Pleasants said Saturday that the man has not been charged with a crime. TheWashington Post generally does not name persons of interest unless they have been charged with a crime or The Post has spoken to such persons d On Friday, Detective James Mooney said that he had spoken to the man, who has not been charged with a crime, named as a suspect or formally questioned by police. The Washington Post generally does not name persons of interest unless they have been charged with a crime or The Post has spoken to such persons directly.
Pleasants said that the man seen on camera surveillance footage pursuing Graham early in the morning last Saturday in the downtown mall area of Charlottesville. Pleasants said that the man was seen in surveillance footage pursuing Graham in the Downtown Mall area of Charlottesville.
Charlottesville police chief Timothy J. Longo Friday told reporters that the man was seen by witnesses with his arm around Graham after 1 a.m. last Saturday. Longo said that they entered the Tempo restaurant and bar where the man purchased drinks. Shortly afterward, the man left the downtown mall in his car, a 1998 burnt orange Chrysler coupe. Longo said Friday that police “have every reason to believe she was in that car.” Charlottesville police Chief Timothy J. Longo told reporters Friday that the man was seen by witnesses with his arm around Graham after 1 a.m. Sept. 13. Longo said that the two entered the Tempo restaurant and bar, where the man purchased drinks. Shortly afterward, the man left the Downtown Mall in his car, a 1998 burnt orange Chrysler coupe. Longo said Friday that police “have every reason to believe she was in that car.”
In an interview, a man who identified himself as a relative of the person of interest said that police “are trying to frame [him]” The relative, who did not give his name, declined to comment further. The Post made multiple attempts to seek comment from the man and his family. He and his family did not respond to requests by phone, and a reporter was turned away at a relative’s residence.
Meanwhile Saturday, more than one thousand registered volunteers canvassed the town looking for clues about Graham’s disappearance. In an interview, a man who identified himself as a relative of the person of interest said that police “are trying to frame [him].” The relative, who did not give his name, declined to comment further.
Martin P. Hogan, of Arlington, said that he drove to Charlottesvile late Friday after watching Longo on television give an impassioned plea for assistance. Hogan said he felt compelled to help out since his 20-year-old daugher is a junior at the university. Meanwhile Saturday, more than 1,000 registered volunteers canvassed the town looking for clues about Graham’s disappearance.
Martin P. Hogan, of Arlington, said that he drove to Charlottesville late Friday after watching Longo give an impassioned plea for assistance on television. Hogan said he felt compelled to help out because his 20-year-old daughter is a junior at the university.
“It could have been my daughter,” Hogan said.“It could have been my daughter,” Hogan said.
Hogan, wearing a bright yellow reflective vest, was among six other members of the search party code-named Delta 26 walking an eight block area in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlottesville, about a half-mile from where Graham disappeared. Hogan, wearing a bright yellow reflective vest, was among six other members of a search party code-named Delta 26 walking an eight-block area in the Belmont neighborhood of Charlottesville, about a half-mile from where Graham disappeared.
Sweat covered Hogan’s brow after meticulously searching the area for more than four hours. Hogan said they looked in dumpsters and combed through grassy alleyways. No evidence has yet emerged on Graham’s whereabouts. Sweat covered Hogan’s brow after his group meticulously searched the area for more than four hours. Hogan said they looked in Dumpsters and combed through grassy alleyways. No evidence has emerged on Graham’s whereabouts.
“Finding nothing is something,” Hogan said. “It means that we cleared this area. I just hope we get some results.”“Finding nothing is something,” Hogan said. “It means that we cleared this area. I just hope we get some results.”
At a training session Friday evening, volunteers heard from Gil Harrington, the mother of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, who disappeared in Charlottesville in 2009 after a concert.At a training session Friday evening, volunteers heard from Gil Harrington, the mother of Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington, who disappeared in Charlottesville in 2009 after a concert.
“We know how this feels up close and personal,” Harrington said in an interview. “We have a visceral understanding of the pain.”“We know how this feels up close and personal,” Harrington said in an interview. “We have a visceral understanding of the pain.”
Harrington said her daughter’s body was found 101 days after she was first reported missing. Police have described the person of interest in Graham’s disappearance as an African American with dreadlocks, standing at 6-foot-2 and weighing 270 pounds
Police Friday described the person of interest as black and standing 6-foot-2, 270 pounds and having dreadlocks. Records indicate that the man is a nursing assistant at the University of Virginia hospital. After midnight Friday, police entered the man’s apartment, while he was inside with two others. Longo said that police briefly spoke to him but did not have enough evidence to detain or arrest him. The man left the scene without further incident, Longo said. Neighbors who live in the apartment complex described the man as friendly.
After midnight Friday, police entered the man’s apartment, located at 164 Hessian Hills Way, while he was inside with two others. Longo said that police briefly spoke to him but did not have enough evidence to detain or arrest him. The man left the scene without further incident, Longo said. Neighbors who live in Hessian Hills described the man as friendly. Janice Redinger, a lawyer who represented the man in court several years ago, said that she has not been contacted by him in recent days.
Janice Redinger, a lawyer who previously represented the man in court several years ago, said that she has not been contacted by him in recent days.